The Round-up
Thursday 10th October
MIRANDA LAMBERT RELEASES LATEST WILDCARD PREVIEW “TEQUILA DOES”
Miranda Lambert has released Texas-tinged standout “Tequila Does” from her upcoming studio album Wildcard, arriving 1ST November. “‘Tequila Does’ is country. And country music makes me happy,” said Lambert of the track. “No matter how rock or edgy or scorned you can get, when you come back to a country song with a steel guitar, it makes my soul feel like it’s on fire.”
Watch lyric video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAmD9U2hH4A
“Tequila Does” has quickly become a fan-favourite performance on Lambert’s “Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars” tour, which Billboard recently declared “a mecca for fans of country artists telling honest, rich stories via massive vocal performances and with a healthy dose of spunk.” The US nationwide trek features special guests Maren Morris, Elle King, Pistol Annies, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, and Caylee Hammack as support on select dates.
Meanwhile, excitement continues to build for Wildcard, with the Tennessean heralding “when Wildcard is released in November, for the love of barstools, Loretta Lynn, broken hearts and your best girlfriends – do yourself a favour and pick up a copy.” Lambert’s first collaboration with producer Jay Joyce, the album features US Top 15 lead single “It All Comes Out in the Wash,” as well as “foot-stompin’ barnburner” (NPR) “Locomotive,” “crunchy, frisky jam” (Stereogum) “Mess with My Head,” “irresistibly catchy” (SPIN) “Bluebird,” “fun-loving” (NASH Country Daily) “Pretty Bitchin’,” and “instant honky-tonk jukebox classic” (Billboard) “Way Too Pretty for Prison,” which features Maren Morris. Listeners can pre-order and pre-add the album to their collections now.
Watch lyric video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAmD9U2hH4A
“Tequila Does” has quickly become a fan-favourite performance on Lambert’s “Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars” tour, which Billboard recently declared “a mecca for fans of country artists telling honest, rich stories via massive vocal performances and with a healthy dose of spunk.” The US nationwide trek features special guests Maren Morris, Elle King, Pistol Annies, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, and Caylee Hammack as support on select dates.
Meanwhile, excitement continues to build for Wildcard, with the Tennessean heralding “when Wildcard is released in November, for the love of barstools, Loretta Lynn, broken hearts and your best girlfriends – do yourself a favour and pick up a copy.” Lambert’s first collaboration with producer Jay Joyce, the album features US Top 15 lead single “It All Comes Out in the Wash,” as well as “foot-stompin’ barnburner” (NPR) “Locomotive,” “crunchy, frisky jam” (Stereogum) “Mess with My Head,” “irresistibly catchy” (SPIN) “Bluebird,” “fun-loving” (NASH Country Daily) “Pretty Bitchin’,” and “instant honky-tonk jukebox classic” (Billboard) “Way Too Pretty for Prison,” which features Maren Morris. Listeners can pre-order and pre-add the album to their collections now.
Two Ways Home Showcase New Album's Diverse Sound With Next Single 'Out On The Road'
Hot on the heels of the lead single ‘Speed Of Anything’ from their upcoming album, London-based alt-country duo Two Ways Home are set to release their follow-up single ‘Out On The Road’ on October 18th. Having showcased a pop influence with the lead single, ‘Out On The Road’ exposes their appreciation of Roots/Americana melodies, whilst maintaining the infectious nature and anthemic chorus that fans of the duo have come to know and love over the last few years.
Out on the Road is a song we wrote in Nashville with Ben Jones. We were on tour at the time around America, enjoying the open road and drawing from how we were feeling about the places we’d seen. The main message of the song is that everything is alright as long as you are with the ones that you love. For us it is reminiscent of songs like Take it Easy by the Eagles with 3 part harmony parts and the very relaxed guitar solo.
‘Speed Of Anything’ garnered support from Baylen Leonard at Country Hits Radio, a long-time supporter of the duo who exclusively premiered the track. They’ve become firm favourites within the UK country community too, having made fans in the likes of Entertainment Focus and Lyric Magazine, with the latter describing the last single as “a song dripping in class & catchiness”.
Lewis and Isi have toured heavily in recent weeks, having teamed up with Caffe Nero for a nationwide tour of their coffee stores, and they’ve just been named Caffe Nero’s ‘Artist Of The Month’ for October. The duo also performed at Gloucester Country Music Festival, and will continue their busy schedule into November with shows already planned in London, Manchester and Cheltenham.
Out on the Road is a song we wrote in Nashville with Ben Jones. We were on tour at the time around America, enjoying the open road and drawing from how we were feeling about the places we’d seen. The main message of the song is that everything is alright as long as you are with the ones that you love. For us it is reminiscent of songs like Take it Easy by the Eagles with 3 part harmony parts and the very relaxed guitar solo.
‘Speed Of Anything’ garnered support from Baylen Leonard at Country Hits Radio, a long-time supporter of the duo who exclusively premiered the track. They’ve become firm favourites within the UK country community too, having made fans in the likes of Entertainment Focus and Lyric Magazine, with the latter describing the last single as “a song dripping in class & catchiness”.
Lewis and Isi have toured heavily in recent weeks, having teamed up with Caffe Nero for a nationwide tour of their coffee stores, and they’ve just been named Caffe Nero’s ‘Artist Of The Month’ for October. The duo also performed at Gloucester Country Music Festival, and will continue their busy schedule into November with shows already planned in London, Manchester and Cheltenham.
Jason Aldean Releases Music Video For New Single "We Back"
ACM "Artist of the Decade" recipient Jason Aldean gives fans a new perspective of his hard-charging 2019 Ride All Night Tour, with the release of the new music video behind his fiery new single "We Back." Just weeks after its release, the lead track from his forthcoming studio album '9' (Macon Music/Broken Bow Records/BMG) to be released Nov. 22nd, has already cracked the Top 25 at US Country radio as his "his latest guitar-fuelled arena-ready anthem" (Charlotte Observer) showcases what Aldean does best. The "We Back" music video comes on the heels of new music from Aldean's 16-track project now available for pre-order, with "Got What I Got" becoming available at all digital retailers tomorrow.
“We’ve put out music videos in the past from our tours, but [Shaun] Silva put a really cool spin on this one,” said Aldean. “Fans are going to feel like they are on stage with us, which is something I’ve never really seen pulled off like this before.”
Watch Aldean's music video for “We Back” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nlI9t4TlM.
Directed by longtime collaborator Shaun Silva, the music video for “We Back” gives a front row seat to Aldean’s tour, encapsulating the energy as if viewers were there in real-time. To achieve some of the mind bending camera moves featured throughout the video, Silva used eight 360-degree cameras with custom fabricated mounts attached to Aldean's microphone, the band's instruments and a beer can that was thrown to Aldean at the end of the performance. As Aldean is known to be "engineered for big, euphoric stadium performances" (Dallas Observer), he will close out his sold-out 2019 Ride All Night Tour tomorrow (11th Oct) at Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Park stadium. In its 25-year history Aldean serves as one of only three concerts hosted at the stadium.
The three-time ACM "Entertainer of the Year" is a dominant force on the charts, he’s scored 23 Number Ones. He’s the only Country act in history to top the all-genre Billboard 200 four times (in a row, no less), racking up 15 billion streams and more than 18 million albums sold along the way. Aldean's a card-carrying member of Country's elite headliners whose incendiary tours are nearing legendary status.
“We’ve put out music videos in the past from our tours, but [Shaun] Silva put a really cool spin on this one,” said Aldean. “Fans are going to feel like they are on stage with us, which is something I’ve never really seen pulled off like this before.”
Watch Aldean's music video for “We Back” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23nlI9t4TlM.
Directed by longtime collaborator Shaun Silva, the music video for “We Back” gives a front row seat to Aldean’s tour, encapsulating the energy as if viewers were there in real-time. To achieve some of the mind bending camera moves featured throughout the video, Silva used eight 360-degree cameras with custom fabricated mounts attached to Aldean's microphone, the band's instruments and a beer can that was thrown to Aldean at the end of the performance. As Aldean is known to be "engineered for big, euphoric stadium performances" (Dallas Observer), he will close out his sold-out 2019 Ride All Night Tour tomorrow (11th Oct) at Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Park stadium. In its 25-year history Aldean serves as one of only three concerts hosted at the stadium.
The three-time ACM "Entertainer of the Year" is a dominant force on the charts, he’s scored 23 Number Ones. He’s the only Country act in history to top the all-genre Billboard 200 four times (in a row, no less), racking up 15 billion streams and more than 18 million albums sold along the way. Aldean's a card-carrying member of Country's elite headliners whose incendiary tours are nearing legendary status.
Wednesday 9th October
LUKE COMBS RELEASES NEW SINGLE
Record-breaking country superstar Luke Combs has released his newest single Even Though I’m Leaving. A stand-out track from hotly-anticipated forthcoming second album What You See Is What You Get, out on November 8, the song was recently shipped to country radio in the US to widespread critical acclaim, including The New York Times: “Luke Combs has one of the most emotionally tactile voices in contemporary country music…even at his most tender, Combs is firm, stepping into the rawness of the feeling, not away from it.” Watch/share the official music video HERE.
Even Though I’m Leaving marks another milestone in an already monumental year, during which Combs has continued to smash record after record, and is nominated for three awards at the 2019 CMA Awards: Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year (“Beautiful Crazy”) and Musical Event of the Year (“Brand New Man” with Brooks & Dunn).
In the UK, Luke is the best-selling male country artist of 2019 and was the first US country artist to sell out two Shepherds Bush Empire shows on his debut UK tour.
Produced by Scott Moffatt, What You See Is What You Get features 17 songs including the five tracks previously released via Combs’ The Prequel EP earlier this summer. The EP debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with all five tracks charting on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Top 25—a feat not accomplished by any artist in 60 years since Johnny Cash in 1959. The release also propelled Combs to the largest streaming week ever for a country artist with 73 million on-demand streams (week ending June 13). Additionally, The Prequel’s lead single, “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” recently reached No. 1 on bothBillboard 's Country Airplay and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts. This is Combs’ sixth consecutive No. 1—a first on the Billboard Country Airplay chart—and his fastest rising single to date (13 weeks). Full track listing for What You See Is What You Get, including a special new collaboration with Eric Church, follows below.
What You See Is What You Get is the follow up to the ACM, CMA, CMT and Billboard Music Award-winning artist’s breakthrough double Platinum debut, This One’s For You, which is currently No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart for the 47th non-consecutive week—the longest reign ever for a male artist and second longest for an artist overall following Shania Twain’s Come On Over in 1997 (50 weeks). This One’s For You is also the most-streamed country album of 2019 so far.
Amongst Combs’ recent achievements, are CMT Performance of the Year at the 2019 CMT Music Awards for his CMT Crossroads performance of “Beautiful Crazy” with Leon Bridges, Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist and Top Country Album at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, New Male Artist of the Year at the 2019 ACM Awards, Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards and a nomination for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards.
Combs is also the first artist to simultaneously top all five Billboard country charts for multiple weeks: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales and was recently inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry.
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET TRACK LIST
1. “Beer Never Broke My Heart”
2. “Refrigerator Door”
3. “Even Though I’m Leaving”
4. “Lovin’ On You”
5. “Moon Over Mexico”
6. “1, 2 Many” featuring Brooks & Dunn
7. “Blue Collar Boys”
8. “New Everyday”
9. “Reasons”
10. “Every Little Bit Helps”
11. “Dear Today”
12. “What You See Is What You Get”
13. “Does To Me” featuring Eric Church
14. “Angels Workin’ Overtime”
15. “All Over Again”
16. “Nothing Like You”
17. “Better Together”
Even Though I’m Leaving marks another milestone in an already monumental year, during which Combs has continued to smash record after record, and is nominated for three awards at the 2019 CMA Awards: Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year (“Beautiful Crazy”) and Musical Event of the Year (“Brand New Man” with Brooks & Dunn).
In the UK, Luke is the best-selling male country artist of 2019 and was the first US country artist to sell out two Shepherds Bush Empire shows on his debut UK tour.
Produced by Scott Moffatt, What You See Is What You Get features 17 songs including the five tracks previously released via Combs’ The Prequel EP earlier this summer. The EP debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with all five tracks charting on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Top 25—a feat not accomplished by any artist in 60 years since Johnny Cash in 1959. The release also propelled Combs to the largest streaming week ever for a country artist with 73 million on-demand streams (week ending June 13). Additionally, The Prequel’s lead single, “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” recently reached No. 1 on bothBillboard 's Country Airplay and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts. This is Combs’ sixth consecutive No. 1—a first on the Billboard Country Airplay chart—and his fastest rising single to date (13 weeks). Full track listing for What You See Is What You Get, including a special new collaboration with Eric Church, follows below.
What You See Is What You Get is the follow up to the ACM, CMA, CMT and Billboard Music Award-winning artist’s breakthrough double Platinum debut, This One’s For You, which is currently No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart for the 47th non-consecutive week—the longest reign ever for a male artist and second longest for an artist overall following Shania Twain’s Come On Over in 1997 (50 weeks). This One’s For You is also the most-streamed country album of 2019 so far.
Amongst Combs’ recent achievements, are CMT Performance of the Year at the 2019 CMT Music Awards for his CMT Crossroads performance of “Beautiful Crazy” with Leon Bridges, Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist and Top Country Album at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, New Male Artist of the Year at the 2019 ACM Awards, Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards and a nomination for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards.
Combs is also the first artist to simultaneously top all five Billboard country charts for multiple weeks: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales and was recently inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry.
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET TRACK LIST
1. “Beer Never Broke My Heart”
2. “Refrigerator Door”
3. “Even Though I’m Leaving”
4. “Lovin’ On You”
5. “Moon Over Mexico”
6. “1, 2 Many” featuring Brooks & Dunn
7. “Blue Collar Boys”
8. “New Everyday”
9. “Reasons”
10. “Every Little Bit Helps”
11. “Dear Today”
12. “What You See Is What You Get”
13. “Does To Me” featuring Eric Church
14. “Angels Workin’ Overtime”
15. “All Over Again”
16. “Nothing Like You”
17. “Better Together”
Tuesday 8th October
DYLAN SCHNEIDER TO MAKE GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT
Interscope artist Dylan Schneider will make his Grand Ole Opry debut, taking “country’s most famous stage” on November 2.
“Making an OPRY debut is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I’m honored the time has come,” said Schneider. “There’s no place better to play music than right on country’s most famous and sacred stage.”
Schneider recently wrapped a 16-city opening spot for multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country tour, which included stops in Cleveland, Tampa, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Denver, Phoenix, San Diego and Irvine, among others.
The 19-year-old artist’s most recent EP release, Whole Town Talk (8/23), was produced by Mark Holman (writer, Florida Georgia Line’s “Simple”) at Rygo Studios in Nashville, TN. The four-song project was released in a partnership between Schneider’s label home and Round Here Records - the new label founded by Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley. Backing musicians on the EP include Dave Cohen (keyboards), Tony Lucido (bass), Ilya Toshinsky (acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin) and Derek Wells (electric guitar).
Hailed as "Country Music's Next Rising Star" by Billboard, and an "artist to watch" by Sounds Like Nashville, Taste of Country and The Boot, Schneider self-released his first three EPs. Spotlight’s On You, his 2017 EP, took the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Country Album Charts and marked his second top 20 entry on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart. Schneider made his major label debut with the single “No Problem,” which has amassed more than 16.7 million streams. His headline shows have sold out across the U.S. and U.K. and he has toured as direct support for Chris Lane and Granger Smith. Equally as impressive is his ability and willingness to connect with fans on a personal level. “I used to freak out if an artist would respond or interact with me. It’s incredibly important to me that I do the same.” That love for his fans has helped grow Schneider's collective social following to over 1 million and his stream count to well over 120 million streams.
“Making an OPRY debut is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I’m honored the time has come,” said Schneider. “There’s no place better to play music than right on country’s most famous and sacred stage.”
Schneider recently wrapped a 16-city opening spot for multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country tour, which included stops in Cleveland, Tampa, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Denver, Phoenix, San Diego and Irvine, among others.
The 19-year-old artist’s most recent EP release, Whole Town Talk (8/23), was produced by Mark Holman (writer, Florida Georgia Line’s “Simple”) at Rygo Studios in Nashville, TN. The four-song project was released in a partnership between Schneider’s label home and Round Here Records - the new label founded by Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley. Backing musicians on the EP include Dave Cohen (keyboards), Tony Lucido (bass), Ilya Toshinsky (acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin) and Derek Wells (electric guitar).
Hailed as "Country Music's Next Rising Star" by Billboard, and an "artist to watch" by Sounds Like Nashville, Taste of Country and The Boot, Schneider self-released his first three EPs. Spotlight’s On You, his 2017 EP, took the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Country Album Charts and marked his second top 20 entry on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart. Schneider made his major label debut with the single “No Problem,” which has amassed more than 16.7 million streams. His headline shows have sold out across the U.S. and U.K. and he has toured as direct support for Chris Lane and Granger Smith. Equally as impressive is his ability and willingness to connect with fans on a personal level. “I used to freak out if an artist would respond or interact with me. It’s incredibly important to me that I do the same.” That love for his fans has helped grow Schneider's collective social following to over 1 million and his stream count to well over 120 million streams.